He is also an inventor and is planning a new four-person conceptflying car called the Lark-4 which takes off and lands at 45 km/h (28 mph) using a 27-meter (89 feet) runway. It consumes 11 litres (3 gallons) of fuel for every 100 km (62 mi) traveled and cruises at around 637 km/h (396 mph).

He was the first to perform the high angle pitch control maneuver on Su-27 prototype albeit credited as Pugachev Maneuver to the pilot who first performed it publicly.